Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18804, Ebenezer Dodge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dodge, Ebenezer
S. 18804
carded
CONTENTS

P 18804 INVALID.
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File No. 18,804
Ebenezer Dodge
Di Rer was
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 101
[Arrangement of 1870]

5232 Vermont
Ebenezer Dodge
of _____ in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Daily of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Massachusetts line for 9 mo Private $36.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Feb. 1833 and sent to Hon. Mr. Punter Home Reps.
Arrears to 4th of Apr. 1832 — $45.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 15.00 $60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 53

Ebenezer Dodge Vermont
Admitted
Private
9 months
$30.00
Hono
Mr Prentiss
Senator

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer Dange  County of Washington  in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 88-  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Decm In 1775- 3 Inmate he does not recollect the Officer   1776 6 " Col. Dailly -  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dwerry Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional. one living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

State of Vermont, I Ebenezer Dodge Jr. of Washington County, ss. 3. Marshfield in the County of State aforesaid, of the age of near sixty four years, being first duly sworn according to law - do depose & say that in the years 1775 & 1776 I resided in Beverly, Mass. - That in the month of December 1775, my Father, Ebenezer Dodge, who is an ap- plicant for a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832, went as a soldier to Cambridge near Boston & was absent during the winter & returned home in March after the enemy had evacuated Boston - that he soon after enlisted or volunteered in the service of his country for the term six months & belonged to the Massachusetts troops & went to Concord (as was then said) & was absent more than six months before his return.
I was old enough to cut the wood & assist my mother to do the necessary work & chores during the absence of my Father in the service as aforesaid. I distinctly recollect the circumstances. - My Brother Robert was born in April 1776, as appears by the Record. I rec- ollect that he was born after the first three months service of my Father & before he went the last six months, - his officers I do not rec- ollect.
Ebenezer Dodge Jr.
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Ebenezer Dodge Jr. on the 3. day of December A.D. 1832.
And I further certify that the said Deponent is a credible & disinterested witness, in my opinion & is so considered in the neighbourhood where he resides. -
George Rich, Justice of the Peace.

State of Vermont      § I Joshua V. Vail Clerk Washington County § 3 of the County Court § within area for the County of Washington do hereby certify that George Rich Esqr before whom the within affidavit was taken is a Justice of the peace duly appointed & acting under the Authority of this State & that his name thereto as such is his own proper hand writing - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Official Seal this thirteenth day of December A. D. 1832 J. V. Vail Clerk

DECLARATION in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF VERMONT,
COUNTY OF Washington ss { On this 10th day of April A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable County Court , within and for the County of Washington now sitting, Colin D. Day a resident of Mansfield in the County of Washington and State of Vermont, aged 88 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832:—
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That about December 1775, he entered the service of the United States against the common enemy & joined the service at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & served three months, was dismissed after the enemy left Boston in March 1776. — He then belonged to Beverly, Massachusetts. — The names of the officers, by reason of age & infirmity, consequent thereon, he cannot recollect at this time, & he knows of no person who was with him. —
In April 1776, at Beverly, Mass, he enlisted in Capt. Bayley's Company of the Massachusetts Militia, on volunteers for the term of six months. — Capt. Bayley belonged to Capt. Ansell's — the name of the Col. he does not recollect. — He marched to Ticonderoga & served about at that place until the period of his enlistment was expired & was then permitted to return home. —
That he was born at Beverly, Massachusetts January (O.S.) 18th 22 nd That he has no other record of his age than a Family record, which was kept by his Father, & which has been preserved & keeps in his possession — that he was living at B. Beverly when called into service — that he removed during the war of the revolution to New Bedford & N. H. & resided with his family in that town & in Peterborough, until about thirty six years ago when he removed from thence with his family to Mansfield Vermont & resided there ever since — The manner of entering the service is as above stated — The names of officers are lost to his memory except Capt. Bayley — that he never had a written discharge.

That he is personally known in the County in which he resides & appeals to the Hon. Stephen Pitkin, Joshua Pitkin, Stephen Root & William Martin Esqrs. of his own neighborhood, & the Rev. Chester Wright & Joseph Datchler of the vicinity, who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension, or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ebenezer Dodge
We, Chester Wright & Stephen Root residing in the town of Montpelier County of Washington and State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Dodge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Chester Wright Stephen Root
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel P Thompson Clerk or Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Chester Wright who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the said town of Montpelier and that Stephen Root who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town of Marshfield and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest, Daniel P Thompson
Clerk or Register.
I Daniel P Thompson Register
Clerk of the County Probate
Court for the said County of District of Washington
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orig-
inal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of
the application of Ebenezer Dodge for a
pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of October A. D. 1832
Attest, Daniel P Thompson
Clerk or Register